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- C. M. ORANDALL.

GAME 0R PUZZLE.

No. 410,956. Patented Sept. 10, 1889'.

I (fig 1% v A TTOBNE Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. CRANDALL, OF WVAVERLY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MOSES LYMAN, OFSAME PLACE.

GAME OR PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,956, datedSeptember 10, 1889.

Application filed February 21, 1889- Serial No. $20,743. (No model.)

T0 41% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. ORANDALL, of \Vaverly, in the county ofTioga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Games or Puzzles, of which I declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in games or puzzles in which aperson seeks to roll a number of marbles from one part of a board ortable to another under particular conditions; and the invention consistsof the apparatus herein described, constructed and operated as setforth.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l is a side view of theapparatus with a cover applied thereto; Fig. 2, a like view with thecover removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 4:, a verticalsection in the plane so as, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

The game or puzzle for which this apparatus is expressly designed iscalled Pigs in Clover. The pigs are represented by several marbles, andin one part of the board is located a pen, into which the person, oreach of the persons, engaged with the game or puzzle strives to drivethe pigs by inclining the board in the different directions in which hewishes the marbles to roll.

The board is composed of the base A, surrounded by the thin wall a, andhaving the pen 0 and the fences or partitions d d erected thereon. Thebase is of wood, and in its upper surface are turned or otherwisecutconcentric grooves, which are separated from one another byconcentric spaces 6 e, &c.,through which the marbles can pass withouthinderance, and in these grooves are tightly inserted the edges ofpasteboard strips, which constitute the wall a andeircular fences d d.

The pen 0, at the center of the board, is provid ed'with a covering orroof, and through the wall of the pen and each of the fences d d is anopening or gate f, large enough to allow the marbles to pass freelythrough it, these openings being arranged alternately ondiametricallyopposite sides of the center of the board, as shown in thedrawings.

To operate the game or puzzle, the board is held in the hands, themarbles being placed in the outermost space a, and the person seeks byconstantly changing the inclination of the board to make the marblesroll through the several gates and into the pen, the object be ing toget all of the marbles into the pen together.

Prior to my invention a game-board has been constructed in which a bedsupported upon legs has been employed, said bed being provided with aseries of arc-shaped fences arranged in concentric circles distant fromeach other to form passage-ways, in which passage-ways were locatednumerous studs or projections for deflecting or diverting the course ofa top spinning therein. Such forms no part of my invention.

Having now described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a game-board or puzzle adapted to be held in thehand, of a base having a continuous wall, a central pen, and a series ofinterior concentric fences, each of said fences having an openingarranged alternately on opposite sides, substantially as described.

2. A game-board or puzzle constructed to be held in the hand, having, incombination, a base provided with a continuous wall, a central pen, anda series of interior concentric fen ces, each of said fences beingprovided with an opening, which openings are out of line with eachother, substantially as shown and described.

CHARLES M. CRANDALL.

In presence of L. J. BULEY, H. H. KIMELEY.

